HEALTH • Spring 2017 3
This issue
F E AT U R E S
14
Medicine for
addiction
The Region's Quarterly Health Care Magazine
16
Dental debate
Providers and policy makers disagree on how to expand access
\\ BY EMILY MICUCCI
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4 Letter from the editor
5 Health Care Briefs
An overview of the latest health
care business news
7 Hospital Profile
8 Pictures of Health
A photographic look at the region's
health care happenings
11 - 12 The Lists
Eye surgery centers/clinics
Opioid-related deaths by town
D E PA RT M E N T S
18
20
For help with opioid
addiction, medication may
play a crucial role
\\ BY LAURA FINALDI
1 3 Central Mass.
Innovation
22 Column:
Consumer
advice
23 Column: Benefits
administration
24 The Pulse
Statistical snapshot of the
health care sector
25 Newsworthy
People, providers and practices
26 Profile
Q&A with Kelly McCausland,
Prana Recovery Centers
A new vision
How new ownership has changed the outlook for a Marlborough biotech
company \\ BY LIVIA GERSHON
Medical aid in dying
New debate raises end-of-life care questions
\\ BY LIVIA GERSHON